NORMAN, Okla. — Lamont West scored 17 points, and No. 19 West Virginia survived a 32-point night from Oklahoma’s Trae Young to escape with a 75-73 win over the 17th-ranked Sooners on Monday night. Esa Ahmad and Sagaba Konate each scored 14 and Jevon Carter added 10 points, eight assists ...
MORGANTOWN— Rebounding. Toughness. Play hard. A trio of traits which all basketball players are expected to display if they are going to be successful on the hardwood. But, for sophomore forward Logan Routt they were the key for the former-Cameron High School standout to advance from walk-on to scholarship player and now from the Mountaineersí bench to one of West Virginiaís top inside reserve. ìThose three things I can bring,î Routt explained following Saturdayís 89-51 thumping of Kansas State. ìI donít particularly care if I score, thatís not my role. ìMy role is to ...
MORGANTOWN — Even with several players recuperating from the flu bug, West Virginia’s defense can still frustrate the tar out of opponents. One game after allowing the most points in a Big 12 game since joining the league in 2012, No. 15 West Virginia overwhelmed Kansas State with its ...
MORGANTOWN — Sophomore James ‘Beetle’ Bolden came to West Virginia University with the moniker of being an outstanding shooter. Throughout his first 49 games with the Mountaineers, the Kentucky native continued to show flashes of the shooter that averaged 19.2 points per game as a senior at Holmes High School in Covington. Yet, he has had a hard time earning a spot in the Mountaineers’ starting five. Especially with seniors Jevon Carter and Daxter Miles Jr. electing to complete their collegiate careers in Morgantown following last year’s Sweet 16 appearance. But, patience ...
MORGANTOWN — West Virginia University head men’s basketball coach Bob Huggins has been doing what he’s doing for a long time. But even the veteran leader of the No. 15-ranked Mountaineers (16-6 overall, 5-4 Big 12) is at a loss for words to describe the Mountaineers’ recent slide down the AP Top 20. “I don’t have any answers,” Huggins complained following WVU’s 93-77 setback at Iowa State on Wednesday. “I have been doing this for 40 years and I don’t have answers. I could sit here and lie and make stuff up, but I really don’t have the answers.” And, Huggins ...
AMES, Iowa — West Virginia’s losing skid keeps getting bigger, and coach Bob Huggins isn’t quite sure what to do about it. Donovan Jackson scored 25 points, Lindell Wigginton added 22 and Iowa State, on the strength of 62 percent shooting, rolled past 15th-ranked West Virginia 93-77 on ...
